Hoisington, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2032550, place: Hoisington city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 788 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 69 (8.76%)
Kindergarten: 40 (5.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 384 (48.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 173 (21.95%)
College or graduate school: 122 (15.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,006 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 162 (8.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 174 (8.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 726 (36.19%)
Some college, no degree: 537 (26.77%)
Associate degree: 156 (7.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 167 (8.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 84 (4.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,391 (100%)
Never married: 511 (21.37%)
Now married, except separated: 1,380 (57.72%)
Separated: 15 (0.63%)
Total Widowed: 278 (11.63%)
Widowed Female: 236 (9.87%)
Total Divorced: 207 (8.66%)
Divorced Female: 118 (4.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 52 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (30.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,240 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 326 (14.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 710 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (5.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,477 (100%)
--With a disability: 276 (18.69%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
--No disability: 1,201 (81.31%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 556 (100%)
--With a disability: 203 (36.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,838 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,662 (58.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,176 (41.44%)
--Same county: 716 (25.23%)
--Different county: 460 (16.21%)
----Same state: 289 (10.18%)
----Different state: 171 (6.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,037 (100%)
Native: 3,025 (99.6%)
--Born in United States: 2,999 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,475 (81.49%)
----Different state: 524 (17.25%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 7 (58.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (41.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,838 (100%)
English only: 2,725 (96.02%)
Language other than English: 113 (3.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.85%)
--Spanish: 87 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,037 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,001% (98.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 19 (0.63%)
Danish: 11 (0.36%)
Dutch: 39 (1.28%)
English: 307 (10.11%)
French (except Basque): 46 (1.51%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.16%)
German: 1,153 (37.97%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 444 (14.62%)
Italian: 30 (0.99%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.23%)
Polish: 86 (2.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 60 (1.98%)
Scottish: 17 (0.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 28 (0.92%)
Swiss: 14 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 279 (9.19%)
Welsh: 6 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 435 (14.32%)

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